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Hawser Grand Thread 綱 コウ つな Class Genus

Kanji
Onyomi コウ
Kunyomi つな
English hawser, class (genus), rope, cord, cable
Examples 横綱(よこづな): yokozuna (sumo grand champion)
綱(つな): (1) rope (2) sumo grand champion's braided belt
JLPT Level 1
Jouyou Grade S
Frequency 1053
Components 糸: thread
岡: mount; hill; knoll
Number of Strokes 14
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 120
Radical Strokes 6
Radical Reading いと・いとへん
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword hawser
Koohii Story 1 A sturdy thread is equally obviously hawser (heavy rope). (see previous frame).
Koohii Story 2 Spiderman saves Japan from floating away by tying Mt. Fuji to mainland Asia using a hawser made of web.
RTK Index 1963

Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq1001-1500, kanji_manufactured.item

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